was a Japanese samurai of the
Azuchi-Momoyama period through early
Edo period
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. The son of
Katakura Kagetsuna, Shigenaga was the second man to bear the common name
Kojūrō.
His name was originally Shigetsuna; however, to avoid conflict with the fourth shōgun
Ietsuna's name, he changed it to Shigenaga.
In 1614, he took part in the Osaka Campaign, fighting
Gotō Matabei at
Dōmyōji Temple.
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Following the Osaka Campaign
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, Shigenaga married a daughter of Sanada Yukimura
, also known as , was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was especially known as the leading general on the defending side of the Siege of Osaka.
Yukimura was called "A Hero who may appear once in a hundred years", "Crimson D ...
and his wife, Chikurin-in
(1579/80 – June 27, 1649) was a Japanese noble lady of the late Azuchi-Momoyama through early Edo period. She was Ōtani Yoshitsugu's daughter, then she was adopted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, before marrying Sanada Yukimura (Nobushige). She is d ...
(Ōtani Yoshitsugu
was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. He was also known by his court title ''Junior Assistant Minister of Justice'' or . He was born in 1558 to a father who was said to be a retainer of either Ōtom ...
's daughter and adopted daughter of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
, otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period, Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: ...
), and adopted their second son, Sanada Daihachi, later known as "Katakura Heinosuke Morinobu". He also assisted many of the masterless former Sanada Sanada is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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*, Japanese shogi player
* Juzo Sanada (1923–1994), Japanese baseball player
* Hiroki Sanada (born 1984), Japanese baseb ...
retainers.
He was succeeded by his maternal grandson also adopted son, Kagenaga.
Family
* Father: Katakura Kagetsuna
* Mother: Yanouchi Shigesada's daughter
* Wives:
** Haryu Aya
** Sanada Ume (1604-1681)
* Daughter: Kisa married Matsumae Yasuhiro
* Adopted Sons:
** (Matsumae) Katakura Kagenaga (2nd)
was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period, who served as a senior retainer of the Date clan of Sendai han. His childhood name was Sannosueke (三之助) later changed to Kojūrō. He bore the same name as his great-grandfather. The lord of S ...
** Katakura (Sanada) Morinobu (1612-1670)
** Katakura (Moniwa) Nobuyuki
Notes
1585 births
1659 deaths
Samurai
Karō
Katakura clan
Date retainers
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